ISBN: 2940013106437

CONTENTS CHAPTER I I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS II I COME TO MY JOURNEY'S END III I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE IV … Plus…

CONTENTS CHAPTER I I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS II I COME TO MY JOURNEY'S END III I MAKE ACQUAINTANCE OF MY UNCLE IV I RUN A GREAT DANGER IN THE HOUSE OF SHAWS V I GO TO THE QUEEN'S FERRY VI WHAT BEFELL AT THE QUEEN'S FERRY VII I GO TO SEA IN THE BRIG COVENANT OF DYSART VIII THE ROUND-HOUSE IX THE MAN WITH THE BELT OF GOLD X THE SIEGE OF THE ROUND-HOUSE XI THE CAPTAIN KNUCKLES UNDER XII I HEAR OF THE RED FOX XIII THE LOSS OF THE BRIG XIV THE ISLET XV THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: THROUGH THE ISLE OF MULL XVI THE LAD WITH THE SILVER BUTTON: ACROSS MORVEN XVII THE DEATH OF THE RED FOX XVIIII TALK WITH ALAN IN THE WOOD OF LETTERMORE XIX THE HOUSE OF FEAR XX THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE ROCKS XXI THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE HEUGH OF CORRYNAKIEGH XXII THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE MOOR XXIII CLUNY'S CAGE XXIV THE FLIGHT IN THE HEATHER: THE QUARREL IN BALQUHIDDER XXVI END OF THE FLIGHT: WE PASS THE FORTH XXVII I COME TO MR. RANKEILLOR XXVIII I GO IN QUEST OF MY INHERITANCE XXIX I COME INTO MY KINGDOM XXX GOOD-BYECHAPTER II SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWSI will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early inthe month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for thelast time out of the door of my father's house. The sun began to shineupon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the timeI had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in thegarden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time ofthe dawn was beginning to arise and die away.Mr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, was waiting for me by thegarden gate, good man! He asked me if I had breakfasted; and hearingthat I lacked for nothing, he took my hand in both of his and clapped itkindly under his arm.Well, Davie, lad, said he, I will go with you as far as the ford, toset you on the way. And we began to walk forward in silence.Are ye sorry to leave Essendean? said he, after awhile.Why, sir, said I, if I knew where I was going, or what was likelyto become of me, I would tell you candidly. Essendean is a good placeindeed, and I have been very happy there; but then I have never beenanywhere else. My father and mother, since they are both dead, I shallbe no nearer to in Essendean than in the Kingdom of Hungary, and, tospeak truth, if I thought I had a chance to better myself where I wasgoing I would go with a good will.Ay? said Mr. Campbell. Very well, Davie. Then it behoves me to tellyour fortune; or so far as I may. When your mother was gone, and yourfather (the worthy, Christian man) began to sicken for his end, he gaveme in charge a certain letter, which he said was your inheritance. 'Sosoon,' says he, 'as I am gone, and the house is redd up and the geardisposed of' (all which, Davie, hath been done), 'give my boy thisletter into his hand, and start him off to the house of Shaws, not farfrom Cramond. That is the place I came from,' he said, 'and it's whereit befits that my boy should return. He is a steady lad,' your fathersaid, 'and a canny goer; and I doubt not he will come safe, and be welllived where he goes.'The house of Shaws! I cried. What had my poor father to do with thehouse of Shaws?Nay, said Mr. Campbell, who can tell that for a surety? But the nameof that family, Davie, boy, is the name you bear--Balfours of Shaws:an ancient, honest, reputable house, peradventure in these latterdays decayed. Your father, too, was a man of learning as befitted hisposition; no man more plausibly conducted school; nor had he the manneror the speech of a common dominie; but (as ye will yourself remember)I took aye a pleasure to have him to the manse to meet the gentry; andthose of my own house, Campbell of Kilrennet, Campbell of Dunswire,Campbell of Minch, and others, all well-kenned gentlemen, had pleasurein his society. Lastly, to put all the elements of this affair beforeyou, here is the testamentary letter itself, superscrived by the ownhand of our departed brother. Digital Content>E-books>Biography>Biography Other>Biography Other, SAP Digital >16<

ISBN: 2940013106437

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